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Mt. Vernon Republican (Mount Vernon, Ohio : 1854), 1857-02-17

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tr: VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY -MORNING, FEB. 17, 1857. NO 14: lv:....l'll Si''. )!i,-.-iiJ-.- J i ,. i' i '.v. it crrt-rzr ill II YES, FAREWELL FOlt EVKll. LADY BYHON 8 RCri.Y TO LOUD DYIION'S .'TARE THEE WELL." Yes, farowoll ! fnrowcll forovor i Thou thyself hast flx'd our docm ; Dado Hope's swootost blossoms wither, Never more for mo to bloom, " Unforgiving," thou host called mo : Didst tliou ever Bay " forgive 1 " For the wretch whoso wiles onthruU'd thee,' Thou did'stsoem ulono to live. Short the span which timolmth given, To complete thy lovo's decay j Ity unhallowed passions driven, Soon thy heart was taught to stray. Lived for me that fooling tondor Which so well thy verso can show ? From my arms why did'st thou wander ? My endearments why forogo ? Wrapped In droams of joy abiding, On thy breast my head hath lain ; In thy love and truth confiding, Bliss I cannot know again. When thy hoart by mo "glanc'd over," First displayed the guilty stain, ' Would these eyos had closed forovcr, No'or to woop thy crimes again. But, by Heaven's rooording spirit, Hay that wish forgotten be : Life, though now a load I'll boar it For tho babe I've born to thoo : In whoso lovoly features (let mo All my weakness hero confess, Whilo tho struggling tears permit mo) All her father's I can trace ; His, whoso imago ncvor leaves me, Whoso remembrance yet I prize, Who this bitterest feeling gives me, Still to loro where I despise. With rogret and sorrow rather, When our child's first accents flow, I shall teaeh hor to say " Father," But his guilt sho no'er shall know. Whilst to-morrow and to-morrow, Wake mo to a widow'd bed, In another's arms no sorrow Wilt thou fool ? no tear wilt shed ? For the world's applause I sought not, When I tnro myself from thco ; Of its praise or blame, 1 thought not What its praise or blamo to me ? He in whom my soul delighted, From his heart my imago drove ; With contempt my truth requited, And profcrr'd a wanton's love. Thou art proud and, mark mo, Byron, I've a soul proud as thine own-Soft to loro, but hard as iron, Whim dospito on mo is thrown, But, farewell ! I'll not upbraid thoo, Jiovor, novcr wish thco ill, Wretched though thy orimcs have made me If thou eon'st bo happy still. Frcma lato English paper. SATUItWAY mujit. When nil our wouk-day toil is o'er, And evening softly glidoth in, w .Ami hushed is labor's busy liuui, The Sabbath doth begin. It mattors not what Laws decree, Or how tho doctors wiso docido ; We foci that Sabbath is begun, t Our work is laid asido. All other cvonings bring their cares, Our restless thoughts kocp laboring on, To-uorrow's dawn will wake to toil, Our rost will soon be gone. But now, tho business of tho wook Is finished. And the sweet roposo Of coining Sabbath rest begins, And timo sorcnoly flows. Wo lay our dusty garments by, Rosign oursolvos to balmy sleep ; No visions of to-morrow's cares i Among our slumbors erecp. Or if a thought of morrow comes, While floating toward tho land of dreams, It is a soothing thought, and ono Of Sabbath's golden boams. What qulot raptures thrill tho soul, Whon, liko a whisper soft and olear, Soma strain of distant music falls ' Upon the listning ear. So sweotly float among our thoughts Tho Sabbath scones that soon shall rise To ohecr tbo Pilgrim hastoning on Ilia journey to the Bkios. A Very Fair Hit. An exchange says : Tho United States are ,. overrun at this time with professors of Colleges, but self appointed and self-constituted professors, who just help themselves to the ' title, and parado it with great dignity before the public. There is scarcely a little academy - in the country, whose teachers do not call .. tlicmgelvcs prolcssors music teachers, dancing masters. Even aeronauts are professors. -1 The title, once signifying something, is now synonomous with assurance, pretension and j brass. It has beconio almost a common as colonel or major. That's true. We havo al ready Professors of the Banjo, Professors of iv u m ivuiuoi, im : XTQICSSOrg 01 iiiaricr ,r Amendments," and wo may expect ere long, 10 near announced rroiessors ol Politics, Professors of Bribery and Corruption, and Professors of tho Lobby. All these are as necessary as tho others, and will speedily bo born to us. . Bonnpnrte's Eiiglihb Letter. Count Las Cosas has, in his collection at , Taris, a curious document, said to be tho first and only attempt of Napoleon Bonaparte to write in English, of which the following is ' given as a transcript i " Count las Cases sinco sixt week I learn tho English and I do not any progress, six week do fourty and two day ig migh hare , learn flvty word for day", I could know it two thousand and two hundred. It is in the dictionary more of fourty thousand even he could must twenty bou much ofteon for know it ov hunded and twenty week which do more two years, after this you shall agree that M study jone tongue is a great labor, who it must d) in the young aged. Lorwood (Longwood) this morning the seven March, thursdoy, ono thou sand eight hundred sixteen after tie nativity h year Jesus Christ.." HEADING SI2JOIONS. BY NATHANIEL. WEST. continued. Dr. Blair says "A discourse rend is far in ferior to (in orution spoken. It loads to a different sort of composition (is w ell as of delivery, and can never lmvo nn equal cfi'eet on an audience." Lect, p. 312, 8vo. Tho practice) of tho llnr and tho Senato attest tho same. No member is permitted to read a speech in tho English llouso of'L'omnions. Even Demosthenes himself fell under tho taunts of his contemporaries because, as Plutarch says, that great orator "neither wrolo tlio whole m his orations, nor spoko without ilrst committing part to writing." Tho Hcv. Dr. dimming, of London, gives his view of this subject in tho following words, as reported in tho Trcsbyterian of August 4' 1855 : "You know, too, in preaching, how much more useful to you is tho freedom of a preacher who does not read his sermons, than tho preaching of one who reads them. I do not think reading sermons is best. I liko myself best to hear them read, because I am often better satisfied with them ; but I am convinced that the living speaker, speaking tho thoughts that are in his soul in langtiago furnished to him at tho moment, does speak with a power, and demonstration, and ell'ect notwithstanding his little inelegancics, hia periods not so well rounded, his sentences not so perfectly finished for critical ears with which you never can bo addressed from sermor.s merely read from manuscripts. I am no fa-1 natic 1 am sure you will acquit me ol that but I know that the best thoughts I have ever spoken to you, and tho thoughts that 1 knotv havo been most blessed to you, are the thoughts that novcr occurred to mo in my study, but that havo sprung up in my heart at the moment 1 nave been speaking, sugges leu ouen uy mai uueiuivo nice inai iooiv.eu 10 l iL.i ..ii l! i I'll. mo there, and by that riveted cyo that was ; IIAUII UIJH IIIV llV.lt, HHVl lllj Llllll QIIV.1IV. ll. tiling that was percept iblo elsewhere. I am persuaded, therefore, that God speaks tohisministcrsin the pulpit, and there through his ministers to the people. I do not say that j to read ono's sermons (hecauso good men do so, greater and better men than I,) is to dis honor tho Holy Uhost; but 1 do say that in my case, and in my experience, it would be parting with nn clement of power and a moans of good, which I would not resign for tho whole world. But do not suppose that by extemporaneous preaching, I mean going into the pulpit and saying what comes uppermost. Though I do not write my sermons, it cost mo hard and weary thinking, often followed by many a sleepless night to prepare them. It does not follow that because a man does not write his sermons, that therefore ho does not study them. It is quite possible to write in i tin, mnvil. pvteninnr:ini?.oiis lvi:inmM Sivrinnns I that are written may bo tho most random shots ; sermons that are not written may be tho results of tho deepest study, meditation and prayer, A sermon, my dear friend, will nl vji s lie blessed to von when, ill vonr homes, i in your closes, aim nun uu m-iii uui .-u: v m in these pews, you lilt up your hearts to bun C01.t) nll;i drive j a Cnvmy now and' then, who can give unction to the minister's lip, and f.,r a ci,.ln!;e but not for other and more agree-open the people's heart, and pray that ho will !ui,i0 wrk not thev j for they not only Tike bo pleased to give his servant a word in sea- j t,,j mt they "have even the dressmakers son that will be blessed to you." lo come and sit beside them, that thev may be 5. Boading public discourses is unaiithmi- .,lwnv.s ,,t hand to superintend and "direct. zed by example. Tho public speeches of Mo- j qvd ! The most of them are weary u,t sit- ses, Joshua, Samuel, Ezra, tho prophets, our Lord, and his apostles wero all delivered extemporaneously. It may bo said, however, that these clivino teachers woro inspired. Assuredly they were. But what does this prove? Just this : that tho mode of cxlrnwomnroui addresss has the divine sanction. Had it been otherwise, it would have stood thus in the divine commission " Go yo into all tho world and read tho Gospel to every creature !" Mark xvi. 15. If reading, instead of preaching ex-tonpnre, had tho divine approval, so far at least as tho proclamation of tho gospel is concerned wo bhould bo very apt to find tho following to bo tho instruction issued by tho Holy Spirit on tho subject " From that timo Jesus began to read, and to say Ilepent," &c, Matt, iv. 17. "And as ye go read, saying, &e., chap. x. 7. " What ye hear in tho ear, that read ye on the house-tops," v. 27. " He departed thenco to read in their cities," chap, xi. 1. "John did read tho baptism of repentance." Mark i. 4. " Ho ordained twelvo that ho might send them forth to read ! " chap. iii. 14. " To read dclivcranco to the captives to read tho eosncl to tho poor," Luke iv. 18. "Go thou and read the kingdom of God," chap. ix. UO. Look at the effects produced by tho extemporaneous discourses of tho holy Apostle delivered at Lystra, and Athens, and bclbro tho tribunals of Felix, Agrippa and Porcius Fes-tus. These orations made l'Vlix "tremble," converted the " Areopagito " at Athens, made Fcstus say the Apostle was " mad," and compelled tho people of Lystra to oiler him homage as a god! Extemporaneous preaching gavo the highest celebrity to Johti Chrysos-tom, Basil and Gregory Xazianzon among the Greeks, and Jerome and Augustine among tho Latins. In tho dark ages, and even in the city of Komo, tho extemporaneous addresses of Jcroino Narni repeatedly sent multitudes away, crying as they went, " Lord lmvo mercy noon us I Christ havo mercy upon us!" pnea, when he preached on tho sin of the non resident clorgy, belore tho pope, his cardinals, and bishops, he drew such a picture, and so effected them, that "over thirty bishops wero frightened homo to their sees in tho greatest terror ! Counecto, ol tho same ago, and in the samo city, by his extemporaneous preaching caused " the ladies to lower their head-dresses and commit their quilled caps to the Humes by liundreds." By tho same mode of preaching the sermons of Savonarola and Capwtran produced wonderful immediate oll'ects. " Tho morning star of tho l!ofornintion," John Wicklifl'o, tho martyr Wishart, Luther, ItuisgJe, Calvin, and their noble colleagues did not read thoir sermons. Knox, Welch, and Peden preached without reading, The sermons of Lattimer, in tho reign of Edward VI. are grand specimens of extemporaneous effusions for that ago. His moral courage and manly eloquence was very great. In his sermon on unpreaching prelates, ho told tho King from tho pulpit that there was a gap in hell as big as froui Dover to Calais tilled with noth-iug but unpreaching prelates." Mr. John Owen, Baxter, John Flavel, Hay-ward, and almost tho whole body of puritanical or non-conformist divines, preached without reading. , John Brown, of Hnddiington, ilie Erskinos, Whitfield, Wesley, the Ten-Hants, adopted tho samo inodo. All eminent ministers in France, both liomanists and Pro testants preached In tho times of Massilnn, ISourdnlou, and Hcngcl without notes. Adol - phus MeuoiL Mtho greatest living preacher " at present in the sama kingdom, does not read hU sermons. Almost all the early presbyte- rian ministers of this country preached extern - noraneouslv. Multitudes of them and of oth - Jer evangelical departments of the professed Church of Christ, preach after tho saino manner yot. Extemporaneous preaching has been tho mode in general nso at all grand revivals of religion, whether in England, Ireland, Scotland or America. It has been said that " very ominont men havo read and do read their sermons." This is admitted. " Eminent men " arc as liable as others to bo carried away with fashion, and to adopt bad habits. None more apt to fall into "fanciful reasonings," uito tho use of "new-coincd phraseology," or to dabble in tho pool of " Aristotelian categories," than "eminent men." It is not oxpectod that confirmed habits will bo easily seen or abandoned, Neither ought thoso who havo long adopted tho reading system to bo harshly dealt with, if it is a fact that they can do no better, lint it may well bo ro-allinned that " tho minister who unwarrantably adopts the practice of reading instead of pwhimj his sermons, neglects to employ ono of tho mrst powerful moral means that heaven has appoin ted for the restoration of man." The " Oppressed Si'x''--IEov Women liuvu tlie ISest of livery-thing.A bachelor gentlemen, or perhaps, " perfect wretch," of New York, incensed at tho talk concerning tho "rights" that women have not, and tho persecutions that they endure, pours out his vexation at great length in tho lime Journal : "Don't talK to mo about the best of ovory-thing! Tho ladies havo all tho nick and the choice. Then again, at all public places of amusement, witness tho fatigue tho gentlemen often encounter. Just observe a party of ladies and gentlemen going into a box at a thea ter tho ladies all jump into the best seals. without being invited ; the gentlemen timidly stand back, antl are pushed into a coiner where they can see nothing, except by standing up and leaning over, at tho expenso of a l crooKou hock mo next morning, or a wcan- na ,,f ,i, , ,.l, ,iv ic nr,t cili cjent to remove, whilst the ladies sleep in the lap of forgetfulness, and at breakfast are all as fresh as a pack of hounds on a summer morning. No, sir! Many aweary night of it 1 havo had, in standing and waiting for tho op plvsst.(l sex, as you call it. I have almost wished I wcro a woman myself, except that I would disdain to accept such services from the other sex as they do. And yet they would tax us for the support of their impracticablos ! would they ? " Woman's work never done ! But what sort of work ? They are chatting all the time of it. Don't thev sit at tho window nil da v. olwcrvingovcrything that is done in the street? j ui course, 1 mean inose who uo not rate our. Don't they know everybody that passes, and evervbody that rings for admittance? And did not our servant discover cr how many clean sums me genuenian opposite uscu in a ween, aim now oueu lie couirevi uis siociviii'S, aim whether ho woro drawers in summer or not, and all this by merely watching the laundress's bundle at the door ? "Making and mending clothes for children? Nonsense ! They are amusing themselves with the children all the while, nmi t lev like it. and loirr or a innin iv run i ting doing nothing. What would they do if they had their will ? Even those who have carriagesat command, at last think it n trouble to lake an hour's drive and shopping ; and so toilsome (as you call it) does it become, at last, j that they cannot even stand in a dry goods siorc, uui must nave iiiesuivs, satins ami laces all brought to thein, as they seat themselves before the counter. Hi: Webster's IMiiiiutK ofltyron. .WAsmsnroM, April 8, 1800. My Dear Sir : I havo read Tom Moore's first volume of Byron's Life-Whatever human imagination shall hereafter picture of a human being, I shall believe it all within tho bounds of credibility. Byron's case shows that fact sometimes runs by all fancy, as a steamboat runs by a scow at anchor. I havo tried hard to find something in him to like, besides his genius and his wit, but there was nn other likeable qualityabout hiin. Ho was an incarnation of demonism. lfo is tho only man, in English history, for a hundred years, that has boasted of infidelity and of every practical vice, not included iu what may be termed, what his biography has termed, meanness. Lord Bolingbroke,in his most extravagant youthful sallies, and tho wicked Lord Littleton, wcrosaints to him. All Moore can say is, that each of his vices had somo virtue or somo prudenco near it, which in some srrt checked it. Well, if that were not so in all, who could cscnpo hanging? Tho biographer, indeed, says his moral conduct must not bo judged by tho ordinary standard. And that is true, if a favorablo decision is looked for. Many excellent reasons are given for his being a bad huslmnd, tho sum of which is that ho was a very bad man. I confess I was rejoiced then, and am rejoiced now, that he was driven out of England by public scorn j because his vices wero not in his passions, but in his principles. Ho denied all religion all vir-tuo from the howso. too. Dr. Johnson says (hero is merit in maintaining good principles, though the preacher is seduced into violation of them. This is true. Good theory is something. But a theory of living, and dying, too, made up of the elements of hatred of religion, coiltcmpt of moral.), and defiance of the opinions of all tho decent part of the public when lieforo has a man of letters avowed it ? If Milton wcro alivo to recast certain prominent character.! in his great epic, ho could cmbclish them with new traits without violating pro-bility. Lord Candles. Having been lately initiated into tho system of making lard candles, I havo thought a knowledge of tho samo fact might bo valuable to many of tho readers of tho Farmer. There are many who have nn abundance of lard, while tallow with them is a very scarce article; hence they either resort to tho inconvenient practico of burning their lard in a lamp, or are obliged to purchase material for light. By the following simple procoss, lights may be prepared, which will equal, if not exceed, tho ord:-nary tallow candle. Take pound of alum, Yx pound of saltpetre ; pound it fine; put it in a pan and add sufficient water to dissolro it, but no more whon dissolved, pour in three pounds of melted lard ; let the mixture stow over a slow lire ; keep- stirring until the water has all ovaporated, which will be the caso as soon as the alum an 1 saltpotro shall ihavo collected in small lumps at the bottom of the pan, when it may ho poured into tho I moulds tho dross remaining in the pan, and i moulded the same a tallow. Candlos tlmi 1 manufactured will be harder, and give a better ) licht than those mado of tallow, but wilt ; have a raw color. Amwitan Fnrmm: HOW THE CITY OK HAN I) I' SKY WAS NAVi:i FIIOJI FAMINE. Tho Buffalo Itqwhlie is responsiblo for the following, which is as good as anything of its kind since Lock's moon story : " Years agone, when the course of trade ran in a counter direction to what won w behold, owing to a severe drouth, tho city of Sandusky underwent all tho horrors of protracted famine. Tho water on tho bar at tho mouth of tho bay w;is so low that vessels wero unable to reach tho port, and as there was no land transportation at that timo which could bo relied noon in caso of sudden emergency, it appeared as if Providence had forsaken tht . .. , i . l .. .i. ,.i :i..i ptaco entirety, anu mat its iiiuaoiiuuis uiumi soon perish. For days and weeks their stock of provisions had been gradually disappearing, until soon all was gone, and tneir only reliance was upon the few lish which they wore enabled to obtain from tho waters of tho bay and an occasional meagre supply of game from tho neighboring lorcst. "At tho timo of which wo write, tho woods in that vicinity, and in fact throughout tho West'n lieserve, wero frequently vast nuinbors of wild hogs which obtained a bountiful subsistence and grow fat upon tho shack which everywhere abounded. Thcso hogs wore doubtless originally estrays, but spar.ieness of tho population in tho interior, and the rapidity with which they multiplied, rendered them strangers to man and very shy of his Dresenco. During tho drouth, of which men tion has already been made, largo droves of theso animals wended their way to tho lake, in tho neighborhood of which they continued to remain. " Sandusky Bayin particular, was a favorite place of resort for them, in tho waters of which they wero accustomed to wallow after slaking their thirst. Those who arc acquainted with tho locality of which wo speak, will remember tho annoyance to which the early settlers wero exposed in the shape of a lino red sand which covered the beach, .and which, in times of high wind was not only exceedingly trou-blesomo but dangerous. Thousands of hogs, in consequence of frequenting this spot, became totally blind ; but still, with all tho cunrun which belongs to this perverse race in their state, they continued to elude their hunters. "Ono day when the famine in the city was at its height, and when it was apparent that even tho strongest must soon succumb, Joe I) took down his gun and resolved to make a last effort to rescue his wile and little ones from a fate tke'inost horrible of which the mind has anv conception. All day long had their sunken eves and shriveled hands implored him fol. bread .mil alas ! he knew too well that not within tha whole city was there a mouthful to be had, though ho wore to oiler in ex change thrice its weight in gold. Xevved to ' ,; i,,. i,;s .viketion. but still with vMo stl,,W ilu tl)0 i steps, ho took his way to the lorcst, re solved nut 10 return v runout luiiei in auiuu shape. " For long timo lu liunt"d in vain, traver sing miles ot wearv pathway, without so much as seeing a single evidence of animated nature, until ho was on the point of yielding to desiair. At this moment a noise, as of approaching footsteps, attracted his attention, and he paused, with every faculty rendered keen by Ikui'.t, to l'ni'jn. Xe.irer, nearer came tlio trampling, and just as Joe, to screen limsell' from observation, tout: snelter Ijulund a tree, a wild hog emerged Irom a tlncKet, ad vancing directly toward him, luliowed imme diately by another, and another still. " .liio liunter, treniDiiug v. mi uuxieiy anu excitement, raised Lis gun, but suddenly paused in astonishment at tho singular phenomo-noon before him. Tho drove (for drove there was) was approaching him in Indian file, and headed directly for tho bay. The second hog held in h:s mouth the tail ot tlio lirst, tnc third that of tho second, and so on, to tho number of sixty and upward, each was holding fast to tho caudal appendage of his predecessor, and all were being led by tho foremost of the drove, and he, being tho only ono that could see, was thus convoying his alllicted companions. "Tho hunter coniprcncndeit tlio sceno in a moment, and instantly decided upon his course, liaising his gun deliberately, ho tired and severed tho tail of tho leader closo to tho roots. His all'rightcd leadership, with a loud squeal, bounded into tho thicket and disappeared, while his blind companions camo to a dead halt. Joo quickly divested himself of his boots and crept stealthily up to the lirst of the band, which stood quietly holding in his month tho amputated tail of his former conductor. This the hunter seized and coaimen-ced gently pulling upon it. First ono hog started, then another, then anothor, until soon, like a train of cars, all woro in motion, and, without pausing to rest for a single instant, Joo led them quietly into a hugo pen near his residence, where they were soon slaughtered. and the cij vm saved." CALirOltM.i. Tho last number of tho rudjk, an excellent Congregational paper published in San Francisco, takes tho following hopeful view of the future of that rapidly rising Stato : Slowly but constantly, an advance has lieeii made iu tho morals mid habits, both of city nnd country. Many of our largo towns already present much of the old homo ap)eiiraiico on tho Sabbath. Lines of resiwctability are everywhere forming in society, that are shut-ting'out corrupters of public and private mor als from circles where they onco passed for descent men. Vilo men aro gradually becom ing marked men. Indignation is slowly kindling against them, that will eventually, at no distant day consumo them. Profanity is still fearfully prevalent ;but tho airdoo3 not so jar with oaths as in former years. Licentiousness still burns at tho vitals of our youth ; but in all our older settlements, it is far less frequent and apiiallinj;. Gambling still plunders from tho simple ; but the crime is outlawed, and is forced iu most places, to hido itself from put-lic itazo. Political corruption yet sends de bauchees and drunkards to Congress; but nevertheless, its terrible nnd controlling pow-er is well nigh broken. Meu sldl come to go away again ; still our population is more und more permanent. More and more of tho very best of our people, year by year, call California, home. Conse quently, the Sabbath is coming up out of its ruins. Schools aro gathrringin children from vagrancy and crime. Asylums are built for the insano and homeless. Churches aro orna menting and blessing tho valleys and hills. So tlmt,'de?pnit ni Our condition may lie, thnt condition i constantly improving. Anil whilo wfe have littlo to boast of, we have nlo much ta inspire ul with Uop- Vhrulum Fresh' ' . Oi Why is a man that calls you a liar like the editor of a newspaper ? Because LaoiTci you an. "inducement to get) op a filu V A IV0IJI TO YOl'-tiU liAIJiIliS. Wo wish to say a word to you, young ladies, about your influence over young men. Did you ever tlimH ol it .' Did you evor real i,e that you wi.hnxc nn influence at all over j them ? AYo believe that a young lady, by her constant, consistent, (,'hnstian example, mav exort an untold power. You do not L ,'e il,n roc,,,.,.! ilm nlm.ixt. worship, which ! ..,- .v ,it,, iinur wicked thev mav be themselves, pav to a consistent Christian lady, bo sho young orold. A gentleman once said to a lady who boarded in tho samo house with him, that her lifo was a constant proof of the truth of the Christian religion. Often the simple request of a lady will keep a young man from doing wrong. We have known this to bo the caso very frequently ; and young men havo been kept from breaking the Sabbath, from drinking, from chewing, jut be-causo a lady whom they respected, and for whom they hail an affection, requested it. A tract given, an invitation to go to church, a request that your friend would read tho Bible daily, will often bo regarded, when more powerful appeals from other sources would fall un-li,.ndo.l unoii his heart. Many of the gentle men whom you meet in society are away from their own homes away noui mo mnuence m parents mid sisters and they will respond to any interest taken in their welfare. We all speak of a young man's danger from evil associates, and the very bad inllueiico which his dissipated gentlemen companions navo over 1,1... IVn lw.luvviv il nil Ivllfi but WO lu'liovO him. Wo believe it is all true, but wo believe it is just as true that a gentleman's character is formed, to a very great extent, by the ladies that he associates with, before ho becomes a completo man of tho world. We think, in other words, that a young man is pretty much what his sisters and lady friends choose to make him. We know a family whoro the sis-tors encouraged their younger brother lo smoke, thinking it was manly, and to mingle with gay, dissipated fellows, because they thought it ".smart;" and he did mingle with them body and soul, and abused tho samesi-i-ters shamefully. The iniluoiico began farther back than with his sisters, and was carried on through the forming years of his character. On the other hand, if sisters uro watchful and afl'eci::nate, they may, in various ways by entering into any little plan with interest, by introducing their younger brothers into good ladies' society lead .hem along, until their character is formed, and th;"i a high-toned respect for ladies, and a manly self respect, will keep them from mingling with low society. If a young man sees that tho religion w.'.'ch in youth lie was taught to venerate, is ugiu- ly thought of, and perhaps sneered at, by the young ladies with whom he associates, we ran "hardly expect him to think that it is tho thing for him. Let nonu say that they have no inllueiico at all. This is not possible. You cannot live without having wnno sort oi iiiiiu- enec, any more than you can bvo without breathing. One is just as unavoidable as tho other. Beware, then, what kind of influence it is that you aro constantly exerting. An invitation to take a glass ot wine, or to piay a game of cards, may kindle the fires ofintemperance- or gambling, which will burn forever. A jest given at tho expense of religion, a light trilling manner in the house of God, or any of tho numerous ways in which you may show your disregard fit" the souls of others, may bo the means of ruining many for lima and eternity. 1U,m Jo mml. THE WELL OF SAMAltU. There is a hallowed charm, a sacred spell, a magie-liko influence, that seems to hold our spirits iu awe when wo first set our foot upon tho now barren soil oi a once favored land ; and as we climb tho lolly mountains and range tho valleys of ancient Judea, in imagination wo again' hear the mournful melody of the harp that Lm long sin.c been huug on the willows. But, dreary and desolato as the land now is, there are many places of thrilling interest to tho traveller. Among these is tho well of Samaria, rendered immortal, not because of its antiquity, although many centuries have rolled round sinco the good old" patriarch first dug for its cooling waters ; nor for its beauty, although both nature and art might havo combined to make it doubly enchanting, the pnro limpid waters of the fountain springing forth from the bosom of the earth, reflecting back the rays of tho morning sun, winch shone liko diamonds on its surface, nor yot for its utility, although many a gentle maiden watered her father's Hock from its cxhaustless fountain, and filled her pitcher for the more pressing wants cf her household. Time, that almighty rushing flood, had long sinco swept theso things into the ocean of oblivion ; but there are other and better reasons for perpetuating its memory the eternal and ever blessed God, whilo clothed in his mortality, deigned to sit by it and teach tho ignorant, calling forth tho attention of his hearers to tho waters of Eternal Lifo. Ask yonder female, ttho has left her water pot and is fast hastening to tho city of Samaria, how long sho will remember it, and what will her answer bo ? Ask tho gathering throng who arc following her footsteps to that well, when it will cease lobe thought of, and will they not reply, Eternity alone can tell ! and as they sit by "the side of Jacob's well, nnd hear the words of the meek and lowly Saviour, telling them that if tlioy drink of the waters of eternal lile they would thirst no more. I'll! how-do I hey 'bless the day wheu that well was dug to' be a pulpit from which the waters of life havo been preached to them, and satisfied the thirst of their souls. Oh, well of Samaria, how honored thou hast been 1 and no nutrvcl among tho ruin and wreck of time thou hast still found a placo where tho scat of mighty monarchs cannot bo pointed out. A foo lios Story. Tho Ohio Slatennan of Saturday Las the following : A day or two since, Mr. Case, of this city, having bu.sinc.ss at the house of an acquaintance, a short distance in tho country, started out, accompanied by his dog a large animal, crossed with the Newfoundland and hull dog. I' pon arriving at) tho door, ho rang the bell and was admitted by one of the inmates leaving his dog on the portico. His vi-dt was somewhat prolonged, nnd lieforo ho had completed his business, the bell aguiri' rang. " Supposing that another person wag without, the gentleman of tho house went to tlio door, when, to his utter surprise, ho found the dog standing upon his hind feot, with the bell knob in his mouth. This was the second opportunity the animal had of witnessing tho process by which his master had gained admittance into the Louse, and living tired of waiting for his return, he undertook, by tho same means to ellect an entrance himself, or, perhaps, to biing his master forth. We do not remember of ever having heard a moro remarkable ii stance of sagacity in the canine species titan is afforded by tho above. 1 if thjg a Instinct, it certainly approximates T9ry closely to reason, . ; . TIIH Missrox OP A NfiWSPAPEH. Ni'Ksu. 1'Mitorial room ofn reliable journal. Principal editorgrindingouta leader, t.'om-meivinl editor and proof reader correcting and reading aloud a mass of statistics. Local cdi- tor busy writing a description of anew patent powder horn, warranted "not to cutm tho eve.'1 or tho money refunded. J.iUn: A gun man, with iiino or ton seiu oi pinchers, and forty-eight kinds of gas burners, The gas man interrupts every body to tell what he wants. It is a great invention a val- uablo invention an invention that will save gas and put money in tho pockets of the people. Goes on to test tho lorty-eight burners, one after another. Editor-in-chief swears. Commercial editor raises his voice as ho calls oil' his figures, to a veil, and local editor examines burners with a mixed deliirhtof economy and wonder. After stopping all editorial operations foran hour, gas man obtains an insertion of an arliclo which costs a dollar or two to put in typo, tho time ot tho editor, and the use ot the newspaper lor nothing, nnd goes on to victimize some other editor. One of the editors, before tho gas man retires, timidly asks what good the insertion of tlio article is going to do the proprietors ot the paper, when he is inioruied that newspaper owners lira expected to work for tho people free, and that tlio greater tho benefit to some one else, tho more they should bo willing to sutler and pay. Editor is satisfied with this view of tho case, nnd bows gasman out. Hero comes another individual, and the following conversation takes place : Stranger. "I called in to get you to make a notice of a very valuable improvement I have been making in adjusting a check strap to the back of harness, to prevent horses from running away. You see how simple a thing it is, and so easi ly managed that a child can drivo tho most spirited horse without any danger of being run away with. I think it will bo tho means of saving many valuable lives, and jf you will only give mo a f.ivor.ililo notice in your valuable columns, I can niako money out of it." Editor. " Well my friend, our time is val uable, and no doubt yon think you have what you consider a public benefit, still wo cannot devote our services and space without an equivalent ; we must bo paid for it." tilrunger. " Well that's a strange idea. I thought newspapers wero got up for the public benefit, and that it was the duty of editors to notice all the valuable inventions and improvements, else how will tho world be benefitted by genius and science. Mow I think you aro in duty bound to give your readers tlio benefit ol all tlio improvements that are suing on. It is of more valr.o tlran ono half of all the political 'slull'you put iu your paper." Sti anger goes in a hull', and oditor returns to his train of ideas, which in most cases, in cou- sequenco of his misplaced rilery, has run olf the track. And this occurs twenty times a week, under tho mistaken idea that paper, steam, ink, brains, and tims, ar.- vaUiclj;n. Vajfulo lie-piilHc.THE BOY THAT CO.VQl-EKEO. Some yoars ago, a lad who was left without f.iiher or ffiother, of good natural abilities, went to New York, alone and fiicndless, to get a situation in a store as errand boy, or otherwise, till he could command a higher position; but this boy had got into bad company, and had got into the habit of calling for his "bitters" occasionally, because ho thought it looked manly. lie smoked cheap cigars also. lio had a pretty good education, and on looking over the papers, he noticed that a merchant in Pearl street wanted a lad of his age, and he called there and made his business known.- " Walk into tha office, my lad," said the merchant ; " I'll attend to you soon." When he had waited upon his customer, he took a seat near tho lad, and he espied a cigar in his hat. This was enough. " My boy," says he, " I want a smart, honest, faithful lad; but I see that you smoke cigars ; and m my experience of many years, I have found cigar-smoking lads connected with various other liad habits ; and if I am not mistaken, your breath is an avidencc that you arc not an exception. You can leave, you will not suit mo." John for this was his namor-held down his head and left tho store ; and as ho walked along the street, a stranger and friondless, the counsel of his mother came forcibly to his mind, who, upon her death bed, called him to her side, and placing her emaciated hand upon his head, said, "Johnny, my dear boy, I'm going to leave you. You well know tho disgrace and misery your father brought upon us before his death, and I want you to promise mo before 1 ilio that you will never drink one drop of the accursed poison that killed your father. Promise me this, Johnny, and bo a good boy, and thou I shall dio in peace." Tho tears trickled ifywn Johnny's chocks, and he promised ever to remcnilier tho dying words of his mother, and never to drink any spirituous liquors; but ho soon forgot his promise, and when ho received the rebuke from the merchant, he remembered what his mother haiUaid lo him, and what ho had promised her, and he cried aloud ; and the people gazed at him us he passed along, ami the boys railed at him. lie went to his lodgings, and throwing himself upon the bed, gave vent to his feelings in sobs that wero heard all over the 'house. But John' had moral couragoi He bad en ergy and determination ; and ero an hour had passed he made up his mind never to taste another cigar as long as lie lived, lie went straight back to tho merchant. Says he, " Sir, you very properly sjnt me away" this morning, for habits that 1 have been guilty of; but, sir, 1 hitvc neither father nor mother, and though I havo frequently done what I ought not lo do, and havo not followed tho good advice of my mother on her deathbed, nor done as I promised her I would, 1 havo now made a solemn vow never to drink another drop of liquor, nor smoke another cigar j and if vou,'sir, will onlv try me, it is all 1 ask." ....... The merchant was struck with this decision and energy of the bov, and at onco em- ployod him. At the expiration of five years this lad was a partner in the business and now worth tun tliciii-'nnd iloll.irs. lift hn now worth ten . thousand dollars. He has faithfully kept his pledge, to which ho owed his elevation. Ntcnbenviilfl A Iudinna Rnilrond, , The election held recently for Directors of this Company resulted ns follows : 'I'lim.invi T .Trnt I.,,nJ f'.,!!;- T.,k Means, James Parks, Wm. ' MeDmiafd, all of NteubenviIIe ; Joseph Sharon, or (Mtixr'Win. K. Johnston, Coshocton ; 0. W. Adams, M a-kingnm county ; Willis liobbins, Newark ; W. U. Hubbard and Joseph Robinson, Columbus; and Geo. Howell ami Joseph. JL Thomas, ol Philadelphia. . ' Tho only changes aro Chiitim'ery Dewey, of j 1 ami, James I u liDull, and lieu). Drennon, ol SleubenVille, who declined a re-election. Tho Directors met and re-elected Judge I Jowott, President, and Justin O. Mbrris, Hoc-i nstnrjv . . - .- -' igonnrcssional. Fill DAY, FEliHUAItY 0. Sknatk. On Motion of Mr, Wilson, ares--olution was adopted directing tho Committee.' on Commerce to inquire into tho expediency of authorizing- the Secrclnry of tho Navy lo ex-pond Buoh sums as ho may deem necessary, not oxejeding 50,000, for the further exploration of tho La Plaflo and its tributaries. Mr. Fish, from tlu Committee on NavalAf--fairs, reported back a joint resolution author-, izing the Socrotary of tho Xavy to pay the ofllv cers and suamen ongaged in tho expedition in search of Dr. Kane, tho same rnto of pay av allowed the officers and seamen of tho expodi- , tion under Lieut. Do Haven. ' Tho privato calender was then takon up. The Senato passed tho llouso bill for tho relief of Mary l'eeside, and receded from its former amendment against an allowance for interest. ' ' lloijsi;. Tho House has boon occupied -all day on private bills. Seventeen wore passed. Adjourned. SATITKDAY, FEBRUARY 7, , Skkatk. Mr. Wellor, from the Committoe on Military Affairs, reported back, with an amendment, the House bill giving increased pay to army ollieer.s, and will ask its consideration, early noxt week. . Mr. BJgler presented nineteen memorials, from merchants and others in Philadelphia, praying for the adoption of measures for increasing tho trade between the United States and Africa. Mr. SewarJ presented three from the same city. ' .. . The subject was referred to the Com'nrilte on Commerce. Mr. Toombs presented a memorial from Gen. Shields, and other citizens of Minnesota, setting forth that, although that Territory coil-, tains two hundred thousand inhabitants, yet it has hitherto received no grant of land, in, conformity with the policy of the Government to grant lands, upon certain conditions, to new States for railroad purposes. Thoy set forth that threo years ago Congress maJe a grant to; Minnesota, but, owing to the unwarrantable interference of persons whoso interests wero not identified with the Territory, the grant was subsequently repealed. At tho last session, there was another application to Congress for aid, but tho constant and pertinacious il)-torfbreneo of infliioniie foreign to the" good of-tlio Territory, provon ted action on the application, while many other S'utes were mado the recipients of the bounty of tha Governm.nt. At the present session Minnesota again presented bar claim -, and while tho House Committee on Public Lands wero maturing a bjll for her lier.elit, a cry of frauds werq rflfsed1 against the measure; W ithout wishing to im-. ptign tho motives of anv person, they liegleavo to say that, so far as Miiruiota and he? citizens are concerned, they invite the most rigid scrutiny into each and every act, and are fos-, strained to believe that outside moneyed, and" other influences, over which they had no control, havo endeavored lo make tho necessities of Minnesota au opportunity to speculated" on the liberality of Congress and tho vital interests of that yo.ing and vigorous Territory. Mr. Toombs said this petition presented a curious stale of things. Ilu had given careful attention to it, ami thought it well worthy the consideration of ( Vngress. Tho inhabitants of Minnesota havo been' made tho sport of outsida speculators. Their just rights oiylit to 1 respected, and their re-quest was reasonable that grants of land )m maib to tho Legislature subject to thoir own fut uro disposition inslnad of designating particular companies. Ho introduced a bill making grants in accordance with tho prayer of the pctititioners, which was referred to the cominitteo on Pub' lie lam's. . Several privato bills were then passed. Adjourned. House. Mr. Grow gave notice of his intcn-tion to obtain Tuesday next for a vote on tho bill to repeal the laws of Kansas. 'I ho bill appropriating S'Jo.OOO for the com-pletion of the Capitol building for Utah,-vt a.T taken up, when Mr. Dunn wished to know whether tho people of that Territory was not living in violation of tho laws of the United States, nnd in public contempt of good moral and the ruhgjon of the ciyiji.cd world! - Mr. Grow, said the (foiumuteo on Torrifov-rieshad Wn governed by estimatosfront tho T rea s ury Depn r t m e n t . Mr. Mcrril reminded tho ITouse of tho fact of the passage of a resolution calling for information relative to the people of Utah, but that no response had yet been made to that inqui-' ry, through the correspondence on that subject is on file in the Department. The bill was laid asido. with a recommendation not to pas? the bill aptiroprinting $50,. 000 for completing 'th-.' :n jtitiJ building at Omaha City. MrLeklier had sjen it slated thai tho Legislature of Nebraska intend to remove tho capital. If so, there was no necessity for this appropriation.Mr. Chapman replied tfitit it tras trwr'AJiiJs for that puirwse was passed, but it wn ret-Vit by tho Governor and is now onsit1oroVfifttuvIy lost. Tho place to which it was soiiLbt u m. move tho capital was unknown,' ami it it sup- poseu more is not aeirzen li in wrthin twou-ty miles. Mr. Wlnl fluid" wanted a similar appropriation for Kansas. Tl.o people of that Territory aro now as orderly and quiet as any portion of the Union. Some of the so-called odious laws have liocn, repealed, nnd others wilt be. Congress should deal with the saw orality and justice toward Kansas as they ily toward otKtr Territories. t Mr. Grow explained that S.'iO.COO had already been drawn for the Kansas unpitol, but-the-Kecrelarv of the Treavm v Imrl fnihin . show whether tho ninneMuill he exiiended. . lho bill for complulmg the NYbraski Capitol und ouo of a similar eharaoter for Nov Mexico, passed, , , Also, biil appointing ,4CO,O0ii for ro'aqU ii Nebraska. Tho House perfected bill for appropriation: .4300,)0 for thj construction of a wauonroait iwin Fort nS -r " .. . "vapnyi Pa.-g of tho li'ockv.Mouiitiiins to tbu Kv!i,rl boundary liiie-uf CalirornhvnuiM-lUaey Lake. Said road i to eonnout with and forar an extension of a road already anthorh-ed Cruvi ltidgclyto the ar-VysALl fr.iVli J;,. - Two' hundreif ihousari1 iUnrs-wero also appropriated for the miuirwiio'n- of a , wagon' road, from El Pnso mjtit Vuiim,t the mouth of the (iila tivi'randjioO.iXiOforlbo construction of d- wag iu road fruiu Fort Dut'ogce. New Mexico, to the Colorado river. , , Pending the qnesikm of pa-v-nuu, Ihallou a'ljoiirnod. . - ' f '. " " . ' fjeir The following apuearwlou the west ehl of a country moot iu houa.-f '''' "Any person sticki?ig kUsagainst this church, will boproswuinilarrurdingtBUoranj rtf er noV-iruf.

tr: VOL III. MOUNT VERNON, OHIO, TUESDAY -MORNING, FEB. 17, 1857. NO 14: lv:....l'll Si''. )!i,-.-iiJ-.- J i ,. i' i '.v. it crrt-rzr ill II YES, FAREWELL FOlt EVKll. LADY BYHON 8 RCri.Y TO LOUD DYIION'S .'TARE THEE WELL." Yes, farowoll ! fnrowcll forovor i Thou thyself hast flx'd our docm ; Dado Hope's swootost blossoms wither, Never more for mo to bloom, " Unforgiving," thou host called mo : Didst tliou ever Bay " forgive 1 " For the wretch whoso wiles onthruU'd thee,' Thou did'stsoem ulono to live. Short the span which timolmth given, To complete thy lovo's decay j Ity unhallowed passions driven, Soon thy heart was taught to stray. Lived for me that fooling tondor Which so well thy verso can show ? From my arms why did'st thou wander ? My endearments why forogo ? Wrapped In droams of joy abiding, On thy breast my head hath lain ; In thy love and truth confiding, Bliss I cannot know again. When thy hoart by mo "glanc'd over," First displayed the guilty stain, ' Would these eyos had closed forovcr, No'or to woop thy crimes again. But, by Heaven's rooording spirit, Hay that wish forgotten be : Life, though now a load I'll boar it For tho babe I've born to thoo : In whoso lovoly features (let mo All my weakness hero confess, Whilo tho struggling tears permit mo) All her father's I can trace ; His, whoso imago ncvor leaves me, Whoso remembrance yet I prize, Who this bitterest feeling gives me, Still to loro where I despise. With rogret and sorrow rather, When our child's first accents flow, I shall teaeh hor to say " Father," But his guilt sho no'er shall know. Whilst to-morrow and to-morrow, Wake mo to a widow'd bed, In another's arms no sorrow Wilt thou fool ? no tear wilt shed ? For the world's applause I sought not, When I tnro myself from thco ; Of its praise or blame, 1 thought not What its praise or blamo to me ? He in whom my soul delighted, From his heart my imago drove ; With contempt my truth requited, And profcrr'd a wanton's love. Thou art proud and, mark mo, Byron, I've a soul proud as thine own-Soft to loro, but hard as iron, Whim dospito on mo is thrown, But, farewell ! I'll not upbraid thoo, Jiovor, novcr wish thco ill, Wretched though thy orimcs have made me If thou eon'st bo happy still. Frcma lato English paper. SATUItWAY mujit. When nil our wouk-day toil is o'er, And evening softly glidoth in, w .Ami hushed is labor's busy liuui, The Sabbath doth begin. It mattors not what Laws decree, Or how tho doctors wiso docido ; We foci that Sabbath is begun, t Our work is laid asido. All other cvonings bring their cares, Our restless thoughts kocp laboring on, To-uorrow's dawn will wake to toil, Our rost will soon be gone. But now, tho business of tho wook Is finished. And the sweet roposo Of coining Sabbath rest begins, And timo sorcnoly flows. Wo lay our dusty garments by, Rosign oursolvos to balmy sleep ; No visions of to-morrow's cares i Among our slumbors erecp. Or if a thought of morrow comes, While floating toward tho land of dreams, It is a soothing thought, and ono Of Sabbath's golden boams. What qulot raptures thrill tho soul, Whon, liko a whisper soft and olear, Soma strain of distant music falls ' Upon the listning ear. So sweotly float among our thoughts Tho Sabbath scones that soon shall rise To ohecr tbo Pilgrim hastoning on Ilia journey to the Bkios. A Very Fair Hit. An exchange says : Tho United States are ,. overrun at this time with professors of Colleges, but self appointed and self-constituted professors, who just help themselves to the ' title, and parado it with great dignity before the public. There is scarcely a little academy - in the country, whose teachers do not call .. tlicmgelvcs prolcssors music teachers, dancing masters. Even aeronauts are professors. -1 The title, once signifying something, is now synonomous with assurance, pretension and j brass. It has beconio almost a common as colonel or major. That's true. We havo al ready Professors of the Banjo, Professors of iv u m ivuiuoi, im : XTQICSSOrg 01 iiiaricr ,r Amendments," and wo may expect ere long, 10 near announced rroiessors ol Politics, Professors of Bribery and Corruption, and Professors of tho Lobby. All these are as necessary as tho others, and will speedily bo born to us. . Bonnpnrte's Eiiglihb Letter. Count Las Cosas has, in his collection at , Taris, a curious document, said to be tho first and only attempt of Napoleon Bonaparte to write in English, of which the following is ' given as a transcript i " Count las Cases sinco sixt week I learn tho English and I do not any progress, six week do fourty and two day ig migh hare , learn flvty word for day", I could know it two thousand and two hundred. It is in the dictionary more of fourty thousand even he could must twenty bou much ofteon for know it ov hunded and twenty week which do more two years, after this you shall agree that M study jone tongue is a great labor, who it must d) in the young aged. Lorwood (Longwood) this morning the seven March, thursdoy, ono thou sand eight hundred sixteen after tie nativity h year Jesus Christ.." HEADING SI2JOIONS. BY NATHANIEL. WEST. continued. Dr. Blair says "A discourse rend is far in ferior to (in orution spoken. It loads to a different sort of composition (is w ell as of delivery, and can never lmvo nn equal cfi'eet on an audience." Lect, p. 312, 8vo. Tho practice) of tho llnr and tho Senato attest tho same. No member is permitted to read a speech in tho English llouso of'L'omnions. Even Demosthenes himself fell under tho taunts of his contemporaries because, as Plutarch says, that great orator "neither wrolo tlio whole m his orations, nor spoko without ilrst committing part to writing." Tho Hcv. Dr. dimming, of London, gives his view of this subject in tho following words, as reported in tho Trcsbyterian of August 4' 1855 : "You know, too, in preaching, how much more useful to you is tho freedom of a preacher who does not read his sermons, than tho preaching of one who reads them. I do not think reading sermons is best. I liko myself best to hear them read, because I am often better satisfied with them ; but I am convinced that the living speaker, speaking tho thoughts that are in his soul in langtiago furnished to him at tho moment, does speak with a power, and demonstration, and ell'ect notwithstanding his little inelegancics, hia periods not so well rounded, his sentences not so perfectly finished for critical ears with which you never can bo addressed from sermor.s merely read from manuscripts. I am no fa-1 natic 1 am sure you will acquit me ol that but I know that the best thoughts I have ever spoken to you, and tho thoughts that 1 knotv havo been most blessed to you, are the thoughts that novcr occurred to mo in my study, but that havo sprung up in my heart at the moment 1 nave been speaking, sugges leu ouen uy mai uueiuivo nice inai iooiv.eu 10 l iL.i ..ii l! i I'll. mo there, and by that riveted cyo that was ; IIAUII UIJH IIIV llV.lt, HHVl lllj Llllll QIIV.1IV. ll. tiling that was percept iblo elsewhere. I am persuaded, therefore, that God speaks tohisministcrsin the pulpit, and there through his ministers to the people. I do not say that j to read ono's sermons (hecauso good men do so, greater and better men than I,) is to dis honor tho Holy Uhost; but 1 do say that in my case, and in my experience, it would be parting with nn clement of power and a moans of good, which I would not resign for tho whole world. But do not suppose that by extemporaneous preaching, I mean going into the pulpit and saying what comes uppermost. Though I do not write my sermons, it cost mo hard and weary thinking, often followed by many a sleepless night to prepare them. It does not follow that because a man does not write his sermons, that therefore ho does not study them. It is quite possible to write in i tin, mnvil. pvteninnr:ini?.oiis lvi:inmM Sivrinnns I that are written may bo tho most random shots ; sermons that are not written may be tho results of tho deepest study, meditation and prayer, A sermon, my dear friend, will nl vji s lie blessed to von when, ill vonr homes, i in your closes, aim nun uu m-iii uui .-u: v m in these pews, you lilt up your hearts to bun C01.t) nll;i drive j a Cnvmy now and' then, who can give unction to the minister's lip, and f.,r a ci,.ln!;e but not for other and more agree-open the people's heart, and pray that ho will !ui,i0 wrk not thev j for they not only Tike bo pleased to give his servant a word in sea- j t,,j mt they "have even the dressmakers son that will be blessed to you." lo come and sit beside them, that thev may be 5. Boading public discourses is unaiithmi- .,lwnv.s ,,t hand to superintend and "direct. zed by example. Tho public speeches of Mo- j qvd ! The most of them are weary u,t sit- ses, Joshua, Samuel, Ezra, tho prophets, our Lord, and his apostles wero all delivered extemporaneously. It may bo said, however, that these clivino teachers woro inspired. Assuredly they were. But what does this prove? Just this : that tho mode of cxlrnwomnroui addresss has the divine sanction. Had it been otherwise, it would have stood thus in the divine commission " Go yo into all tho world and read tho Gospel to every creature !" Mark xvi. 15. If reading, instead of preaching ex-tonpnre, had tho divine approval, so far at least as tho proclamation of tho gospel is concerned wo bhould bo very apt to find tho following to bo tho instruction issued by tho Holy Spirit on tho subject " From that timo Jesus began to read, and to say Ilepent," &c, Matt, iv. 17. "And as ye go read, saying, &e., chap. x. 7. " What ye hear in tho ear, that read ye on the house-tops," v. 27. " He departed thenco to read in their cities," chap, xi. 1. "John did read tho baptism of repentance." Mark i. 4. " Ho ordained twelvo that ho might send them forth to read ! " chap. iii. 14. " To read dclivcranco to the captives to read tho eosncl to tho poor," Luke iv. 18. "Go thou and read the kingdom of God," chap. ix. UO. Look at the effects produced by tho extemporaneous discourses of tho holy Apostle delivered at Lystra, and Athens, and bclbro tho tribunals of Felix, Agrippa and Porcius Fes-tus. These orations made l'Vlix "tremble," converted the " Areopagito " at Athens, made Fcstus say the Apostle was " mad," and compelled tho people of Lystra to oiler him homage as a god! Extemporaneous preaching gavo the highest celebrity to Johti Chrysos-tom, Basil and Gregory Xazianzon among the Greeks, and Jerome and Augustine among tho Latins. In tho dark ages, and even in the city of Komo, tho extemporaneous addresses of Jcroino Narni repeatedly sent multitudes away, crying as they went, " Lord lmvo mercy noon us I Christ havo mercy upon us!" pnea, when he preached on tho sin of the non resident clorgy, belore tho pope, his cardinals, and bishops, he drew such a picture, and so effected them, that "over thirty bishops wero frightened homo to their sees in tho greatest terror ! Counecto, ol tho same ago, and in the samo city, by his extemporaneous preaching caused " the ladies to lower their head-dresses and commit their quilled caps to the Humes by liundreds." By tho same mode of preaching the sermons of Savonarola and Capwtran produced wonderful immediate oll'ects. " Tho morning star of tho l!ofornintion," John Wicklifl'o, tho martyr Wishart, Luther, ItuisgJe, Calvin, and their noble colleagues did not read thoir sermons. Knox, Welch, and Peden preached without reading, The sermons of Lattimer, in tho reign of Edward VI. are grand specimens of extemporaneous effusions for that ago. His moral courage and manly eloquence was very great. In his sermon on unpreaching prelates, ho told tho King from tho pulpit that there was a gap in hell as big as froui Dover to Calais tilled with noth-iug but unpreaching prelates." Mr. John Owen, Baxter, John Flavel, Hay-ward, and almost tho whole body of puritanical or non-conformist divines, preached without reading. , John Brown, of Hnddiington, ilie Erskinos, Whitfield, Wesley, the Ten-Hants, adopted tho samo inodo. All eminent ministers in France, both liomanists and Pro testants preached In tho times of Massilnn, ISourdnlou, and Hcngcl without notes. Adol - phus MeuoiL Mtho greatest living preacher " at present in the sama kingdom, does not read hU sermons. Almost all the early presbyte- rian ministers of this country preached extern - noraneouslv. Multitudes of them and of oth - Jer evangelical departments of the professed Church of Christ, preach after tho saino manner yot. Extemporaneous preaching has been tho mode in general nso at all grand revivals of religion, whether in England, Ireland, Scotland or America. It has been said that " very ominont men havo read and do read their sermons." This is admitted. " Eminent men " arc as liable as others to bo carried away with fashion, and to adopt bad habits. None more apt to fall into "fanciful reasonings," uito tho use of "new-coincd phraseology," or to dabble in tho pool of " Aristotelian categories," than "eminent men." It is not oxpectod that confirmed habits will bo easily seen or abandoned, Neither ought thoso who havo long adopted tho reading system to bo harshly dealt with, if it is a fact that they can do no better, lint it may well bo ro-allinned that " tho minister who unwarrantably adopts the practice of reading instead of pwhimj his sermons, neglects to employ ono of tho mrst powerful moral means that heaven has appoin ted for the restoration of man." The " Oppressed Si'x''--IEov Women liuvu tlie ISest of livery-thing.A bachelor gentlemen, or perhaps, " perfect wretch," of New York, incensed at tho talk concerning tho "rights" that women have not, and tho persecutions that they endure, pours out his vexation at great length in tho lime Journal : "Don't talK to mo about the best of ovory-thing! Tho ladies havo all tho nick and the choice. Then again, at all public places of amusement, witness tho fatigue tho gentlemen often encounter. Just observe a party of ladies and gentlemen going into a box at a thea ter tho ladies all jump into the best seals. without being invited ; the gentlemen timidly stand back, antl are pushed into a coiner where they can see nothing, except by standing up and leaning over, at tho expenso of a l crooKou hock mo next morning, or a wcan- na ,,f ,i, , ,.l, ,iv ic nr,t cili cjent to remove, whilst the ladies sleep in the lap of forgetfulness, and at breakfast are all as fresh as a pack of hounds on a summer morning. No, sir! Many aweary night of it 1 havo had, in standing and waiting for tho op plvsst.(l sex, as you call it. I have almost wished I wcro a woman myself, except that I would disdain to accept such services from the other sex as they do. And yet they would tax us for the support of their impracticablos ! would they ? " Woman's work never done ! But what sort of work ? They are chatting all the time of it. Don't thev sit at tho window nil da v. olwcrvingovcrything that is done in the street? j ui course, 1 mean inose who uo not rate our. Don't they know everybody that passes, and evervbody that rings for admittance? And did not our servant discover cr how many clean sums me genuenian opposite uscu in a ween, aim now oueu lie couirevi uis siociviii'S, aim whether ho woro drawers in summer or not, and all this by merely watching the laundress's bundle at the door ? "Making and mending clothes for children? Nonsense ! They are amusing themselves with the children all the while, nmi t lev like it. and loirr or a innin iv run i ting doing nothing. What would they do if they had their will ? Even those who have carriagesat command, at last think it n trouble to lake an hour's drive and shopping ; and so toilsome (as you call it) does it become, at last, j that they cannot even stand in a dry goods siorc, uui must nave iiiesuivs, satins ami laces all brought to thein, as they seat themselves before the counter. Hi: Webster's IMiiiiutK ofltyron. .WAsmsnroM, April 8, 1800. My Dear Sir : I havo read Tom Moore's first volume of Byron's Life-Whatever human imagination shall hereafter picture of a human being, I shall believe it all within tho bounds of credibility. Byron's case shows that fact sometimes runs by all fancy, as a steamboat runs by a scow at anchor. I havo tried hard to find something in him to like, besides his genius and his wit, but there was nn other likeable qualityabout hiin. Ho was an incarnation of demonism. lfo is tho only man, in English history, for a hundred years, that has boasted of infidelity and of every practical vice, not included iu what may be termed, what his biography has termed, meanness. Lord Bolingbroke,in his most extravagant youthful sallies, and tho wicked Lord Littleton, wcrosaints to him. All Moore can say is, that each of his vices had somo virtue or somo prudenco near it, which in some srrt checked it. Well, if that were not so in all, who could cscnpo hanging? Tho biographer, indeed, says his moral conduct must not bo judged by tho ordinary standard. And that is true, if a favorablo decision is looked for. Many excellent reasons are given for his being a bad huslmnd, tho sum of which is that ho was a very bad man. I confess I was rejoiced then, and am rejoiced now, that he was driven out of England by public scorn j because his vices wero not in his passions, but in his principles. Ho denied all religion all vir-tuo from the howso. too. Dr. Johnson says (hero is merit in maintaining good principles, though the preacher is seduced into violation of them. This is true. Good theory is something. But a theory of living, and dying, too, made up of the elements of hatred of religion, coiltcmpt of moral.), and defiance of the opinions of all tho decent part of the public when lieforo has a man of letters avowed it ? If Milton wcro alivo to recast certain prominent character.! in his great epic, ho could cmbclish them with new traits without violating pro-bility. Lord Candles. Having been lately initiated into tho system of making lard candles, I havo thought a knowledge of tho samo fact might bo valuable to many of tho readers of tho Farmer. There are many who have nn abundance of lard, while tallow with them is a very scarce article; hence they either resort to tho inconvenient practico of burning their lard in a lamp, or are obliged to purchase material for light. By the following simple procoss, lights may be prepared, which will equal, if not exceed, tho ord:-nary tallow candle. Take pound of alum, Yx pound of saltpetre ; pound it fine; put it in a pan and add sufficient water to dissolro it, but no more whon dissolved, pour in three pounds of melted lard ; let the mixture stow over a slow lire ; keep- stirring until the water has all ovaporated, which will be the caso as soon as the alum an 1 saltpotro shall ihavo collected in small lumps at the bottom of the pan, when it may ho poured into tho I moulds tho dross remaining in the pan, and i moulded the same a tallow. Candlos tlmi 1 manufactured will be harder, and give a better ) licht than those mado of tallow, but wilt ; have a raw color. Amwitan Fnrmm: HOW THE CITY OK HAN I) I' SKY WAS NAVi:i FIIOJI FAMINE. Tho Buffalo Itqwhlie is responsiblo for the following, which is as good as anything of its kind since Lock's moon story : " Years agone, when the course of trade ran in a counter direction to what won w behold, owing to a severe drouth, tho city of Sandusky underwent all tho horrors of protracted famine. Tho water on tho bar at tho mouth of tho bay w;is so low that vessels wero unable to reach tho port, and as there was no land transportation at that timo which could bo relied noon in caso of sudden emergency, it appeared as if Providence had forsaken tht . .. , i . l .. .i. ,.i :i..i ptaco entirety, anu mat its iiiuaoiiuuis uiumi soon perish. For days and weeks their stock of provisions had been gradually disappearing, until soon all was gone, and tneir only reliance was upon the few lish which they wore enabled to obtain from tho waters of tho bay and an occasional meagre supply of game from tho neighboring lorcst. "At tho timo of which wo write, tho woods in that vicinity, and in fact throughout tho West'n lieserve, wero frequently vast nuinbors of wild hogs which obtained a bountiful subsistence and grow fat upon tho shack which everywhere abounded. Thcso hogs wore doubtless originally estrays, but spar.ieness of tho population in tho interior, and the rapidity with which they multiplied, rendered them strangers to man and very shy of his Dresenco. During tho drouth, of which men tion has already been made, largo droves of theso animals wended their way to tho lake, in tho neighborhood of which they continued to remain. " Sandusky Bayin particular, was a favorite place of resort for them, in tho waters of which they wero accustomed to wallow after slaking their thirst. Those who arc acquainted with tho locality of which wo speak, will remember tho annoyance to which the early settlers wero exposed in the shape of a lino red sand which covered the beach, .and which, in times of high wind was not only exceedingly trou-blesomo but dangerous. Thousands of hogs, in consequence of frequenting this spot, became totally blind ; but still, with all tho cunrun which belongs to this perverse race in their state, they continued to elude their hunters. "Ono day when the famine in the city was at its height, and when it was apparent that even tho strongest must soon succumb, Joe I) took down his gun and resolved to make a last effort to rescue his wile and little ones from a fate tke'inost horrible of which the mind has anv conception. All day long had their sunken eves and shriveled hands implored him fol. bread .mil alas ! he knew too well that not within tha whole city was there a mouthful to be had, though ho wore to oiler in ex change thrice its weight in gold. Xevved to ' ,; i,,. i,;s .viketion. but still with vMo stl,,W ilu tl)0 i steps, ho took his way to the lorcst, re solved nut 10 return v runout luiiei in auiuu shape. " For long timo lu liunt"d in vain, traver sing miles ot wearv pathway, without so much as seeing a single evidence of animated nature, until ho was on the point of yielding to desiair. At this moment a noise, as of approaching footsteps, attracted his attention, and he paused, with every faculty rendered keen by Ikui'.t, to l'ni'jn. Xe.irer, nearer came tlio trampling, and just as Joe, to screen limsell' from observation, tout: snelter Ijulund a tree, a wild hog emerged Irom a tlncKet, ad vancing directly toward him, luliowed imme diately by another, and another still. " .liio liunter, treniDiiug v. mi uuxieiy anu excitement, raised Lis gun, but suddenly paused in astonishment at tho singular phenomo-noon before him. Tho drove (for drove there was) was approaching him in Indian file, and headed directly for tho bay. The second hog held in h:s mouth the tail ot tlio lirst, tnc third that of tho second, and so on, to tho number of sixty and upward, each was holding fast to tho caudal appendage of his predecessor, and all were being led by tho foremost of the drove, and he, being tho only ono that could see, was thus convoying his alllicted companions. "Tho hunter coniprcncndeit tlio sceno in a moment, and instantly decided upon his course, liaising his gun deliberately, ho tired and severed tho tail of tho leader closo to tho roots. His all'rightcd leadership, with a loud squeal, bounded into tho thicket and disappeared, while his blind companions camo to a dead halt. Joo quickly divested himself of his boots and crept stealthily up to the lirst of the band, which stood quietly holding in his month tho amputated tail of his former conductor. This the hunter seized and coaimen-ced gently pulling upon it. First ono hog started, then another, then anothor, until soon, like a train of cars, all woro in motion, and, without pausing to rest for a single instant, Joo led them quietly into a hugo pen near his residence, where they were soon slaughtered. and the cij vm saved." CALirOltM.i. Tho last number of tho rudjk, an excellent Congregational paper published in San Francisco, takes tho following hopeful view of the future of that rapidly rising Stato : Slowly but constantly, an advance has lieeii made iu tho morals mid habits, both of city nnd country. Many of our largo towns already present much of the old homo ap)eiiraiico on tho Sabbath. Lines of resiwctability are everywhere forming in society, that are shut-ting'out corrupters of public and private mor als from circles where they onco passed for descent men. Vilo men aro gradually becom ing marked men. Indignation is slowly kindling against them, that will eventually, at no distant day consumo them. Profanity is still fearfully prevalent ;but tho airdoo3 not so jar with oaths as in former years. Licentiousness still burns at tho vitals of our youth ; but in all our older settlements, it is far less frequent and apiiallinj;. Gambling still plunders from tho simple ; but the crime is outlawed, and is forced iu most places, to hido itself from put-lic itazo. Political corruption yet sends de bauchees and drunkards to Congress; but nevertheless, its terrible nnd controlling pow-er is well nigh broken. Meu sldl come to go away again ; still our population is more und more permanent. More and more of tho very best of our people, year by year, call California, home. Conse quently, the Sabbath is coming up out of its ruins. Schools aro gathrringin children from vagrancy and crime. Asylums are built for the insano and homeless. Churches aro orna menting and blessing tho valleys and hills. So tlmt,'de?pnit ni Our condition may lie, thnt condition i constantly improving. Anil whilo wfe have littlo to boast of, we have nlo much ta inspire ul with Uop- Vhrulum Fresh' ' . Oi Why is a man that calls you a liar like the editor of a newspaper ? Because LaoiTci you an. "inducement to get) op a filu V A IV0IJI TO YOl'-tiU liAIJiIliS. Wo wish to say a word to you, young ladies, about your influence over young men. Did you ever tlimH ol it .' Did you evor real i,e that you wi.hnxc nn influence at all over j them ? AYo believe that a young lady, by her constant, consistent, (,'hnstian example, mav exort an untold power. You do not L ,'e il,n roc,,,.,.! ilm nlm.ixt. worship, which ! ..,- .v ,it,, iinur wicked thev mav be themselves, pav to a consistent Christian lady, bo sho young orold. A gentleman once said to a lady who boarded in tho samo house with him, that her lifo was a constant proof of the truth of the Christian religion. Often the simple request of a lady will keep a young man from doing wrong. We have known this to bo the caso very frequently ; and young men havo been kept from breaking the Sabbath, from drinking, from chewing, jut be-causo a lady whom they respected, and for whom they hail an affection, requested it. A tract given, an invitation to go to church, a request that your friend would read tho Bible daily, will often bo regarded, when more powerful appeals from other sources would fall un-li,.ndo.l unoii his heart. Many of the gentle men whom you meet in society are away from their own homes away noui mo mnuence m parents mid sisters and they will respond to any interest taken in their welfare. We all speak of a young man's danger from evil associates, and the very bad inllueiico which his dissipated gentlemen companions navo over 1,1... IVn lw.luvviv il nil Ivllfi but WO lu'liovO him. Wo believe it is all true, but wo believe it is just as true that a gentleman's character is formed, to a very great extent, by the ladies that he associates with, before ho becomes a completo man of tho world. We think, in other words, that a young man is pretty much what his sisters and lady friends choose to make him. We know a family whoro the sis-tors encouraged their younger brother lo smoke, thinking it was manly, and to mingle with gay, dissipated fellows, because they thought it ".smart;" and he did mingle with them body and soul, and abused tho samesi-i-ters shamefully. The iniluoiico began farther back than with his sisters, and was carried on through the forming years of his character. On the other hand, if sisters uro watchful and afl'eci::nate, they may, in various ways by entering into any little plan with interest, by introducing their younger brothers into good ladies' society lead .hem along, until their character is formed, and th;"i a high-toned respect for ladies, and a manly self respect, will keep them from mingling with low society. If a young man sees that tho religion w.'.'ch in youth lie was taught to venerate, is ugiu- ly thought of, and perhaps sneered at, by the young ladies with whom he associates, we ran "hardly expect him to think that it is tho thing for him. Let nonu say that they have no inllueiico at all. This is not possible. You cannot live without having wnno sort oi iiiiiu- enec, any more than you can bvo without breathing. One is just as unavoidable as tho other. Beware, then, what kind of influence it is that you aro constantly exerting. An invitation to take a glass ot wine, or to piay a game of cards, may kindle the fires ofintemperance- or gambling, which will burn forever. A jest given at tho expense of religion, a light trilling manner in the house of God, or any of tho numerous ways in which you may show your disregard fit" the souls of others, may bo the means of ruining many for lima and eternity. 1U,m Jo mml. THE WELL OF SAMAltU. There is a hallowed charm, a sacred spell, a magie-liko influence, that seems to hold our spirits iu awe when wo first set our foot upon tho now barren soil oi a once favored land ; and as we climb tho lolly mountains and range tho valleys of ancient Judea, in imagination wo again' hear the mournful melody of the harp that Lm long sin.c been huug on the willows. But, dreary and desolato as the land now is, there are many places of thrilling interest to tho traveller. Among these is tho well of Samaria, rendered immortal, not because of its antiquity, although many centuries have rolled round sinco the good old" patriarch first dug for its cooling waters ; nor for its beauty, although both nature and art might havo combined to make it doubly enchanting, the pnro limpid waters of the fountain springing forth from the bosom of the earth, reflecting back the rays of tho morning sun, winch shone liko diamonds on its surface, nor yot for its utility, although many a gentle maiden watered her father's Hock from its cxhaustless fountain, and filled her pitcher for the more pressing wants cf her household. Time, that almighty rushing flood, had long sinco swept theso things into the ocean of oblivion ; but there are other and better reasons for perpetuating its memory the eternal and ever blessed God, whilo clothed in his mortality, deigned to sit by it and teach tho ignorant, calling forth tho attention of his hearers to tho waters of Eternal Lifo. Ask yonder female, ttho has left her water pot and is fast hastening to tho city of Samaria, how long sho will remember it, and what will her answer bo ? Ask tho gathering throng who arc following her footsteps to that well, when it will cease lobe thought of, and will they not reply, Eternity alone can tell ! and as they sit by "the side of Jacob's well, nnd hear the words of the meek and lowly Saviour, telling them that if tlioy drink of the waters of eternal lile they would thirst no more. I'll! how-do I hey 'bless the day wheu that well was dug to' be a pulpit from which the waters of life havo been preached to them, and satisfied the thirst of their souls. Oh, well of Samaria, how honored thou hast been 1 and no nutrvcl among tho ruin and wreck of time thou hast still found a placo where tho scat of mighty monarchs cannot bo pointed out. A foo lios Story. Tho Ohio Slatennan of Saturday Las the following : A day or two since, Mr. Case, of this city, having bu.sinc.ss at the house of an acquaintance, a short distance in tho country, started out, accompanied by his dog a large animal, crossed with the Newfoundland and hull dog. I' pon arriving at) tho door, ho rang the bell and was admitted by one of the inmates leaving his dog on the portico. His vi-dt was somewhat prolonged, nnd lieforo ho had completed his business, the bell aguiri' rang. " Supposing that another person wag without, the gentleman of tho house went to tlio door, when, to his utter surprise, ho found the dog standing upon his hind feot, with the bell knob in his mouth. This was the second opportunity the animal had of witnessing tho process by which his master had gained admittance into the Louse, and living tired of waiting for his return, he undertook, by tho same means to ellect an entrance himself, or, perhaps, to biing his master forth. We do not remember of ever having heard a moro remarkable ii stance of sagacity in the canine species titan is afforded by tho above. 1 if thjg a Instinct, it certainly approximates T9ry closely to reason, . ; . TIIH Missrox OP A NfiWSPAPEH. Ni'Ksu. 1'Mitorial room ofn reliable journal. Principal editorgrindingouta leader, t.'om-meivinl editor and proof reader correcting and reading aloud a mass of statistics. Local cdi- tor busy writing a description of anew patent powder horn, warranted "not to cutm tho eve.'1 or tho money refunded. J.iUn: A gun man, with iiino or ton seiu oi pinchers, and forty-eight kinds of gas burners, The gas man interrupts every body to tell what he wants. It is a great invention a val- uablo invention an invention that will save gas and put money in tho pockets of the people. Goes on to test tho lorty-eight burners, one after another. Editor-in-chief swears. Commercial editor raises his voice as ho calls oil' his figures, to a veil, and local editor examines burners with a mixed deliirhtof economy and wonder. After stopping all editorial operations foran hour, gas man obtains an insertion of an arliclo which costs a dollar or two to put in typo, tho time ot tho editor, and the use ot the newspaper lor nothing, nnd goes on to victimize some other editor. One of the editors, before tho gas man retires, timidly asks what good the insertion of tlio article is going to do the proprietors ot the paper, when he is inioruied that newspaper owners lira expected to work for tho people free, and that tlio greater tho benefit to some one else, tho more they should bo willing to sutler and pay. Editor is satisfied with this view of tho case, nnd bows gasman out. Hero comes another individual, and the following conversation takes place : Stranger. "I called in to get you to make a notice of a very valuable improvement I have been making in adjusting a check strap to the back of harness, to prevent horses from running away. You see how simple a thing it is, and so easi ly managed that a child can drivo tho most spirited horse without any danger of being run away with. I think it will bo tho means of saving many valuable lives, and jf you will only give mo a f.ivor.ililo notice in your valuable columns, I can niako money out of it." Editor. " Well my friend, our time is val uable, and no doubt yon think you have what you consider a public benefit, still wo cannot devote our services and space without an equivalent ; we must bo paid for it." tilrunger. " Well that's a strange idea. I thought newspapers wero got up for the public benefit, and that it was the duty of editors to notice all the valuable inventions and improvements, else how will tho world be benefitted by genius and science. Mow I think you aro in duty bound to give your readers tlio benefit ol all tlio improvements that are suing on. It is of more valr.o tlran ono half of all the political 'slull'you put iu your paper." Sti anger goes in a hull', and oditor returns to his train of ideas, which in most cases, in cou- sequenco of his misplaced rilery, has run olf the track. And this occurs twenty times a week, under tho mistaken idea that paper, steam, ink, brains, and tims, ar.- vaUiclj;n. Vajfulo lie-piilHc.THE BOY THAT CO.VQl-EKEO. Some yoars ago, a lad who was left without f.iiher or ffiother, of good natural abilities, went to New York, alone and fiicndless, to get a situation in a store as errand boy, or otherwise, till he could command a higher position; but this boy had got into bad company, and had got into the habit of calling for his "bitters" occasionally, because ho thought it looked manly. lie smoked cheap cigars also. lio had a pretty good education, and on looking over the papers, he noticed that a merchant in Pearl street wanted a lad of his age, and he called there and made his business known.- " Walk into tha office, my lad," said the merchant ; " I'll attend to you soon." When he had waited upon his customer, he took a seat near tho lad, and he espied a cigar in his hat. This was enough. " My boy," says he, " I want a smart, honest, faithful lad; but I see that you smoke cigars ; and m my experience of many years, I have found cigar-smoking lads connected with various other liad habits ; and if I am not mistaken, your breath is an avidencc that you arc not an exception. You can leave, you will not suit mo." John for this was his namor-held down his head and left tho store ; and as ho walked along the street, a stranger and friondless, the counsel of his mother came forcibly to his mind, who, upon her death bed, called him to her side, and placing her emaciated hand upon his head, said, "Johnny, my dear boy, I'm going to leave you. You well know tho disgrace and misery your father brought upon us before his death, and I want you to promise mo before 1 ilio that you will never drink one drop of the accursed poison that killed your father. Promise me this, Johnny, and bo a good boy, and thou I shall dio in peace." Tho tears trickled ifywn Johnny's chocks, and he promised ever to remcnilier tho dying words of his mother, and never to drink any spirituous liquors; but ho soon forgot his promise, and when ho received the rebuke from the merchant, he remembered what his mother haiUaid lo him, and what ho had promised her, and he cried aloud ; and the people gazed at him us he passed along, ami the boys railed at him. lie went to his lodgings, and throwing himself upon the bed, gave vent to his feelings in sobs that wero heard all over the 'house. But John' had moral couragoi He bad en ergy and determination ; and ero an hour had passed he made up his mind never to taste another cigar as long as lie lived, lie went straight back to tho merchant. Says he, " Sir, you very properly sjnt me away" this morning, for habits that 1 have been guilty of; but, sir, 1 hitvc neither father nor mother, and though I havo frequently done what I ought not lo do, and havo not followed tho good advice of my mother on her deathbed, nor done as I promised her I would, 1 havo now made a solemn vow never to drink another drop of liquor, nor smoke another cigar j and if vou,'sir, will onlv try me, it is all 1 ask." ....... The merchant was struck with this decision and energy of the bov, and at onco em- ployod him. At the expiration of five years this lad was a partner in the business and now worth tun tliciii-'nnd iloll.irs. lift hn now worth ten . thousand dollars. He has faithfully kept his pledge, to which ho owed his elevation. Ntcnbenviilfl A Iudinna Rnilrond, , The election held recently for Directors of this Company resulted ns follows : 'I'lim.invi T .Trnt I.,,nJ f'.,!!;- T.,k Means, James Parks, Wm. ' MeDmiafd, all of NteubenviIIe ; Joseph Sharon, or (Mtixr'Win. K. Johnston, Coshocton ; 0. W. Adams, M a-kingnm county ; Willis liobbins, Newark ; W. U. Hubbard and Joseph Robinson, Columbus; and Geo. Howell ami Joseph. JL Thomas, ol Philadelphia. . ' Tho only changes aro Chiitim'ery Dewey, of j 1 ami, James I u liDull, and lieu). Drennon, ol SleubenVille, who declined a re-election. Tho Directors met and re-elected Judge I Jowott, President, and Justin O. Mbrris, Hoc-i nstnrjv . . - .- -' igonnrcssional. Fill DAY, FEliHUAItY 0. Sknatk. On Motion of Mr, Wilson, ares--olution was adopted directing tho Committee.' on Commerce to inquire into tho expediency of authorizing- the Secrclnry of tho Navy lo ex-pond Buoh sums as ho may deem necessary, not oxejeding 50,000, for the further exploration of tho La Plaflo and its tributaries. Mr. Fish, from tlu Committee on NavalAf--fairs, reported back a joint resolution author-, izing the Socrotary of tho Xavy to pay the ofllv cers and suamen ongaged in tho expedition in search of Dr. Kane, tho same rnto of pay av allowed the officers and seamen of tho expodi- , tion under Lieut. Do Haven. ' Tho privato calender was then takon up. The Senato passed tho llouso bill for tho relief of Mary l'eeside, and receded from its former amendment against an allowance for interest. ' ' lloijsi;. Tho House has boon occupied -all day on private bills. Seventeen wore passed. Adjourned. SATITKDAY, FEBRUARY 7, , Skkatk. Mr. Wellor, from the Committoe on Military Affairs, reported back, with an amendment, the House bill giving increased pay to army ollieer.s, and will ask its consideration, early noxt week. . Mr. BJgler presented nineteen memorials, from merchants and others in Philadelphia, praying for the adoption of measures for increasing tho trade between the United States and Africa. Mr. SewarJ presented three from the same city. ' .. . The subject was referred to the Com'nrilte on Commerce. Mr. Toombs presented a memorial from Gen. Shields, and other citizens of Minnesota, setting forth that, although that Territory coil-, tains two hundred thousand inhabitants, yet it has hitherto received no grant of land, in, conformity with the policy of the Government to grant lands, upon certain conditions, to new States for railroad purposes. Thoy set forth that threo years ago Congress maJe a grant to; Minnesota, but, owing to the unwarrantable interference of persons whoso interests wero not identified with the Territory, the grant was subsequently repealed. At tho last session, there was another application to Congress for aid, but tho constant and pertinacious il)-torfbreneo of infliioniie foreign to the" good of-tlio Territory, provon ted action on the application, while many other S'utes were mado the recipients of the bounty of tha Governm.nt. At the present session Minnesota again presented bar claim -, and while tho House Committee on Public Lands wero maturing a bjll for her lier.elit, a cry of frauds werq rflfsed1 against the measure; W ithout wishing to im-. ptign tho motives of anv person, they liegleavo to say that, so far as Miiruiota and he? citizens are concerned, they invite the most rigid scrutiny into each and every act, and are fos-, strained to believe that outside moneyed, and" other influences, over which they had no control, havo endeavored lo make tho necessities of Minnesota au opportunity to speculated" on the liberality of Congress and tho vital interests of that yo.ing and vigorous Territory. Mr. Toombs said this petition presented a curious stale of things. Ilu had given careful attention to it, ami thought it well worthy the consideration of ( Vngress. Tho inhabitants of Minnesota havo been' made tho sport of outsida speculators. Their just rights oiylit to 1 respected, and their re-quest was reasonable that grants of land )m maib to tho Legislature subject to thoir own fut uro disposition inslnad of designating particular companies. Ho introduced a bill making grants in accordance with tho prayer of the pctititioners, which was referred to the cominitteo on Pub' lie lam's. . Several privato bills were then passed. Adjourned. House. Mr. Grow gave notice of his intcn-tion to obtain Tuesday next for a vote on tho bill to repeal the laws of Kansas. 'I ho bill appropriating S'Jo.OOO for the com-pletion of the Capitol building for Utah,-vt a.T taken up, when Mr. Dunn wished to know whether tho people of that Territory was not living in violation of tho laws of the United States, nnd in public contempt of good moral and the ruhgjon of the ciyiji.cd world! - Mr. Grow, said the (foiumuteo on Torrifov-rieshad Wn governed by estimatosfront tho T rea s ury Depn r t m e n t . Mr. Mcrril reminded tho ITouse of tho fact of the passage of a resolution calling for information relative to the people of Utah, but that no response had yet been made to that inqui-' ry, through the correspondence on that subject is on file in the Department. The bill was laid asido. with a recommendation not to pas? the bill aptiroprinting $50,. 000 for completing 'th-.' :n jtitiJ building at Omaha City. MrLeklier had sjen it slated thai tho Legislature of Nebraska intend to remove tho capital. If so, there was no necessity for this appropriation.Mr. Chapman replied tfitit it tras trwr'AJiiJs for that puirwse was passed, but it wn ret-Vit by tho Governor and is now onsit1oroVfifttuvIy lost. Tho place to which it was soiiLbt u m. move tho capital was unknown,' ami it it sup- poseu more is not aeirzen li in wrthin twou-ty miles. Mr. Wlnl fluid" wanted a similar appropriation for Kansas. Tl.o people of that Territory aro now as orderly and quiet as any portion of the Union. Some of the so-called odious laws have liocn, repealed, nnd others wilt be. Congress should deal with the saw orality and justice toward Kansas as they ily toward otKtr Territories. t Mr. Grow explained that S.'iO.COO had already been drawn for the Kansas unpitol, but-the-Kecrelarv of the Treavm v Imrl fnihin . show whether tho ninneMuill he exiiended. . lho bill for complulmg the NYbraski Capitol und ouo of a similar eharaoter for Nov Mexico, passed, , , Also, biil appointing ,4CO,O0ii for ro'aqU ii Nebraska. Tho House perfected bill for appropriation: .4300,)0 for thj construction of a wauonroait iwin Fort nS -r " .. . "vapnyi Pa.-g of tho li'ockv.Mouiitiiins to tbu Kv!i,rl boundary liiie-uf CalirornhvnuiM-lUaey Lake. Said road i to eonnout with and forar an extension of a road already anthorh-ed Cruvi ltidgclyto the ar-VysALl fr.iVli J;,. - Two' hundreif ihousari1 iUnrs-wero also appropriated for the miuirwiio'n- of a , wagon' road, from El Pnso mjtit Vuiim,t the mouth of the (iila tivi'randjioO.iXiOforlbo construction of d- wag iu road fruiu Fort Dut'ogce. New Mexico, to the Colorado river. , , Pending the qnesikm of pa-v-nuu, Ihallou a'ljoiirnod. . - ' f '. " " . ' fjeir The following apuearwlou the west ehl of a country moot iu houa.-f '''' "Any person sticki?ig kUsagainst this church, will boproswuinilarrurdingtBUoranj rtf er noV-iruf.